US Patent Issued to ENI on April 22 for "Formulation for inhibiting water permeation in an extraction well of a hydrocarbon fluid from an underground reservoir" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,256, issued on April 22, was assigned to ENI S.P.A. (Rome).

"Formulation for inhibiting water permeation in an extraction well of a hydrocarbon fluid from an underground reservoir" was invented by Davide Moscatelli (Arese, Italy), Lucilla Del Gaudio (San Donato Milanese, Italy), Paola Albonico (San Donato Milanese, Italy), Alessandra Belloni (San Donato Milanese, Italy) and Alberto Cesana (Verano Brianza, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment fluid may be suitable for a hydrocarbon fluid extraction well. Such a treatment fluid may include a water-in-oil emulsion. The water-in-oil emulsion may include: an oily continuous pha...